Engineering:Sleeve gun

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Short description: Small firearm

Sleeve gun and wrist gun are generic terms for a small firearm designed to be concealed under a long-sleeved coat or jacket—in fictional examples there is often a device with a mechanism to extend it out into the hand to fire.

Real examples

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The Welwand sleeve gun Mk II in .32 ACP in an unfired condition[1]

The "sleeve gun" was developed during World War II by Station IX of the Special Operations Executive.[2] The design was by Hugh Reeves.[3] It was essentially a version of the noise-suppressed Welrod pistol, minus the pistol grip, and produced in both .32 ACP and 9×19mm.[4][5] Between 150 and 200 of the guns were manufactured almost certainly by Birmingham Small Arms Company.[6][7] A Mark 1 version was designed but it is unclear if it ever made it off the drawing board.[8]

Fictional examples

Though designs vary, most fictional sleeve guns involve a small conventional pistol on a sliding or telescoping rail, which quickly releases the weapon into the hand for firing,[9] either by a trigger mechanism, or just the sudden movement of the forearm. Such sleeve guns have appeared in multiple media.

Comics

  • Gunsmith Cats (1990–1997)
  • Punisher Back to School Special (1992–1994)[10]
  • Blade of the Phantom Master (2001–2007)

Films

  • Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
  • Taxi Driver (1976)[11]
  • Blood Debts (1985)
  • Red Heat (1988)[12][13]
  • The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
  • Aces: Iron Eagle III (1992)
  • Maverick (1994)
  • Desperado (1995)
  • Alien Resurrection (1997)
  • Equilibrium (2002)
  • Dead Man's Bluff (2005)
  • Hot Fuzz (2007)
  • Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
  • Sherlock Holmes (2009)
  • Django Unchained (2012)[14]
  • The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)

Television

  • The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)[15]
  • Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
  • Jumanji (1996–1999)
  • Archer (2009–2023)
  • NCIS: Los Angeles (2009–2023)
  • Justified (2010–2015)
  • The Walking Dead (2010–2022)[16]
  • Fargo (2014–present)
  • Timeless (2016–2018)
  • Vice Principals (2016–2017)
  • Gotham (2014–2019)
  • Warrior (2019–2023)
  • Stargirl (2020-2022)
  • Walker (2021–present)
  • The Legend of Vox Machina (2022-present)

Video Games

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Centrefire breech-loading suppressed sleeve gun - Mk.II Sleeve Gun - about 1944". Royal Armouries. https://royalarmouries.org/collection/object/object-56475. 
  2. ↑ Flutter, Mark Murray (30 May 2022). "The Welrod .32 silent pistol". Arms & Armour 19 (1): 92–115. doi:10.1080/17416124.2022.2063625. ISSN 1741-6124. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17416124.2022.2063625. Retrieved 5 February 2026. 
  3. ↑ Jonathan Ferguson (15 Jun 2022). The silenced, concealable stripped back Welrod, with weapons and firearms expert, Jonathan Ferguson. Royal Armouries. Event occurs at 1:40-1:50. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Sleeve Gun". Timelapse. http://www.timelapse.dk/thesleevegun.php. Retrieved 2011-01-19. 
  5. ↑ Fredric Boyce and Douglas Everett. SOE The Scientific Secrets.
  6. ↑ Jonathan Ferguson (15 Jun 2022). The silenced, concealable stripped back Welrod, with weapons and firearms expert, Jonathan Ferguson. Royal Armouries. Event occurs at 9:10-9:30. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  7. ↑ Jonathan Ferguson (15 Jun 2022). The silenced, concealable stripped back Welrod, with weapons and firearms expert, Jonathan Ferguson. Royal Armouries. Event occurs at 10:30-11:00. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  8. ↑ Jonathan Ferguson (15 Jun 2022). The silenced, concealable stripped back Welrod, with weapons and firearms expert, Jonathan Ferguson. Royal Armouries. Event occurs at 2:25-2:40. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  9. ↑ Wolfgang Michel: Britische Schalldämpferwaffen 1939–1945: Entwicklung, Technik, Wirkung. ISBN 978-3-8370-2149-3
  10. ↑ Punisher Back to School Special "Sorry, My Mistake", vol. 1, #2 October, 1993
  11. ↑ Leigh, Danny. "Why we are locked in the back of Taxi Driver's mind". The Guardian. London. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/may/13/taxi-driver-reissue-scorsese-de-niro. Retrieved 4 August 2017. 
  12. ↑ "American Handgunner" May/June 1988 P.17
  13. ↑ Petersen's Handguns July 1988, BLUE STEEL FOR 'RED HEAT', Hollywood wizardry creates the mythical "Podbyrin 9.2mm" and other hardware for a new action movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
  14. ↑ Steinberg, Don (14 December 2012). "Tarantino Tackles Slavery". The Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324478304578173611649229992. 
  15. ↑ "Jim West's Sleeve Gun (Wild Wild West)". Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original. Error: If you specify |archiveurl=, you must also specify |archivedate=. https://web.archive.org/web/20101229053332/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item21.html. Retrieved 2011-01-19. 
  16. ↑ "East (The Walking Dead)" (in en), Wikipedia, 2021-10-19, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East_(The_Walking_Dead)&oldid=1050796563, retrieved 2021-12-27 

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